We are looking for a Finance Manager to support enterprise planning, forecasting, and performance reporting for a leading food retail organization in Irving, Texas. This Long-term Contract position will focus on strengthening financial planning processes, improving analytics capabilities, and delivering meaningful insights that guide operational and strategic decisions. The role also partners across departments to maintain planning tools, enhance reporting quality, and support disciplined data governance across finance activities.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Direct the planning framework for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial analysis by ensuring teams have reliable data, practical tools, and timely reporting resources.<br>• Serve as the finance lead for modernizing business and financial analytics, including support for enterprise reporting solutions built on Microsoft Azure and Power BI.<br>• Establish standards and oversight for analytics practices to improve consistency, accuracy, and governance across reporting and decision support activities.<br>• Drive the rollout and ongoing use of departmental planning applications, including solutions that support long-range planning and forecast management.<br>• Coordinate the companywide bi-monthly forecast cycle by gathering input from cross-functional stakeholders and evaluating changes against prior submissions.<br>• Produce and maintain recurring management reports on daily, weekly, and monthly schedules to inform key business and operational decisions.<br>• Translate business performance, leadership priorities, and strategic risks into clear financial insights that help senior leaders evaluate opportunities and make informed decisions.<br>• Provide training and functional support for internal financial systems so users can apply planning and reporting tools effectively.<br>• Perform variance analysis and financial modeling to identify trends, explain results, and support continuous improvement in finance processes.
We are looking for an accomplished finance leader to guide financial strategy and strengthen operational performance for a mission-driven organization based in Irving, Texas. This role combines executive-level planning with hands-on oversight of accounting, reporting, budgeting, and compliance to support sustainable growth and informed decision-making. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, sound technical expertise, and a commitment to building financial processes that support long-term organizational impact.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the finance function, directing daily departmental operations while ensuring accurate, efficient, and well-controlled financial activities.<br>• Partner with executive leadership to shape organizational strategy, offering financial insight that supports performance, growth, and responsible resource allocation.<br>• Develop and manage annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and cash flow projections, using analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.<br>• Prepare and present quarterly and yearly financial reports that give leadership and governing bodies clear visibility into results and financial position.<br>• Monitor organizational financial health on an ongoing basis, proactively addressing issues that could affect stability, compliance, or future performance.<br>• Maintain strong internal controls, financial policies, and procedures to support regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and sound stewardship of funds.<br>• Oversee month-end and year-end close processes to ensure timely reconciliation, reliable records, and accurate financial statements.<br>• Guide the effective use and maintenance of finance-related systems and data, including platforms such as Salesforce, Business Central, and NAVision, to improve reporting accuracy and operational efficiency.
<p>Our client, a rapidly growing manufacturing organization, is seeking an experienced <strong>Cost Accounting Manager</strong> to build and lead its cost accounting function. This highly visible role partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance leadership in a fast-paced, multi-customer production environment. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with strong manufacturing cost accounting expertise and a passion for developing processes, controls, and people.</p><p>Why Join?</p><ul><li>Opportunity to build and enhance the cost accounting function during significant company growth</li><li>Leadership role with direct supervisory responsibilities</li><li>High exposure to executive leadership and operational decision-making</li><li>Competitive compensation, bonus opportunity, and excellent benefits</li><li>Stable, growing manufacturing environment with strong long-term career potential</li></ul><p>Key Responsibilities</p><ul><li>Own and maintain the standard costing process, including bills of materials (BOMs), routings, labor standards, and overhead absorption rates</li><li>Lead job costing activities and ensure accurate cost allocation across production runs, products, and customers</li><li>Analyze material, labor, overhead, yield, and waste variances and partner with Operations to identify root causes and implement corrective actions</li><li>Supervise, mentor, and develop cost accounting team members</li><li>Prepare profitability and margin reporting by product and customer</li><li>Manage inventory valuation, work-in-process accounting, and inventory reconciliations</li><li>Lead cycle counts, physical inventories, and variance investigations</li><li>Support new product launches, customer onboarding, and operational changes through cost analysis</li><li>Assist with month-end close activities related to inventory and cost of goods sold</li><li>Develop and maintain cost accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls</li><li>Support internal and external audits</li><li>Identify opportunities for process improvements and ERP enhancements</li></ul><p><br></p>